juanslayton
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13 years ago @ Educational Technology... - Let's Focus on Educati... · 0 replies · +1 points
I share with Cavin the desire to know more about the 8-bit computers. (I too looked at the Playpower website for this, but didn't see anything.) I wrote the programming for my original classroom setup (commented in the One Mouse Per Student thread) in 6510 machine language for the Commodore 64, using a series of Basic loaders. Not the smart way to do it, but the only way I knew how at the time. It ran well, though; had no trouble keeping up with input from 16 students, using the humongous 64K memory base and running at a blazing 1 megahertz. : > ) So I don't look down on old 8-bit designs.
Grant is surely right about getting information available directly on line. The woods are full of public spirited tekkies willing to spend time on worthwhile projects, and technical information is one way to draw their interest.
13 years ago @ Educational Technology... - One Mouse Per Child: S... · 0 replies · +1 points
One mouse per child is good. One keyboard per child is better. I spent
about 15 years developing and using in regular classrooms the system
that may be seen at: http://members.dslextreme.com/users/juanslayton/
(Click on 'picture')
That's how it looked when I retired; at that time it consisted of an old
legacy computer polling the boards through the printer port. Ihave
since greatly improved it by using the USB ports with off-the-shelf keyboards and hubs.
Some wireless board also work.
Unfortunatly, when I retired, Ilost myclassroom 'lab.' But the
project continues at: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/classnet
John Slayton
14 years ago @ Educational Technology... - ICT in Education Asses... · 0 replies · +1 points
14 years ago @ Educational Technology... - ICT in Education Asses... · 0 replies · +1 points
14 years ago @ Educational Technology... - 1:1 Saturations and Co... · 1 reply · +1 points
I hadn't seen this Microsoft app. But I developed something similar and used it in my classroom for many years before I retired, with one keyboard per child and a common projected screen. Is the microsoft system like the Smartboard keyboards, in which the first student to respond gets control of the screen? Or can they all work simultaneously, as mine could.
Here is a picture of my last classroom:
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/juanslayton/d...
And here is the rationale on my Savannah development site:
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/classnet
The OLPC networking could provide a means for my system to get past the 1-screen-line-per-student limit that my system accepted as the price of simultaneous access by all students. But there needs to be programming that gives the teacher total control of that network during classroom sessions.